Saltpetre

[,sɔlt'pitɚ]

解释:

(n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.

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同义词及近义词:

n. [Written also Saltpeter.] Nitre, nitrate of potash.

手打:凯勒

解释:

n. the commercial name for nitre.—adj. Saltpē′trous.

手打:谢莉

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